Gemy -- You're totally right. I probably haven't approached the situation well so far because my response toward him has always been more of an anger/extreme frustration rather than calm and talking about what to do. That probably has to do with the pregnancy hormones too though. I feel like I'm already being a super protective mom of this baby, and her bad behavior tends to anger me quickly, especially when I see him not even discipline her or anything. I'll try being more calm and see if we can make progress. My ideal situation would be to crate train the dog, but if he won't then there's nothing I can do. Even if I got him to take her out of the bedroom, I wouldn't want her loose in the dog room with the pugs. They're such babies they would be defenseless if she attacked them. But locking them in their crate for no reason and leaving her loose I kinda feel like wouldn't be fair. I'd have no problem with her in the bedroom of he'd just start crate training her with the crate I got. For years he's seen me use the crate for my boys and they actually live their crate. I don't see why he is all of a sudden so opposed to it now that it's his dog we're talking about.
Kerryn915 -- Thank you! That is helpful to know your story. I think the main reason he isn't worried as much as I do is because he thinks of the dog as "his kids' dog." His kids are 6 & 12 but the dog is also 6, so she was a puppy they got right after he was born. She is fine with his kids and very protective of them, but I'm sure it'll be a whole different ball game now that she's an adult dog. |